Matrix cards (also called "grid cards") are used as a second factor to authenticate users. A user has a list of codes - typically printed on paper - that are requested to be entered in the authentication process.
Airlock IAM offers the following services for matrix cards:
- Authentication
- Generation of matrix cards
The following types of matrix cards are supported:
- Matrix card (a grid card with codes organized in a coordinate system):
- Indexed TAN-list (an indexed sequence of codes, so every code has an associated index):
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